(CNN) President Donald Trump on Thursday once again refuted a congresswoman's account of his call with the grieving wife of a slain US service member, deeming it a "total lie" hours after his own chief of staff seemed to bolster a key piece of her story. "The Fake News is going crazy with wacky Congresswoman Wilson(D), who was SECRETLY on a very personal call, and gave a total lie on content!" The Fake News is going crazy with wacky Congresswoman Wilson(D), who was SECRETLY on a very personal call, and gave a total lie on content! Thursday night's tweet comes the same day his chief of staff John Kelly took to the White House press briefing room lectern to defend Trump. "The focus needs to be on helping a grieving widow and family heal, and should not be on her or Donald Trump," Jones said of Wilson.

Source: CNN October 20, 2017 04:41 UTC